Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. IT WAS A BITTER DOSE Taken By The Bay State
 Democrats WHO SWALLOW MIR. CLEVELAND. A Kind Of HaIf-Hearted En-
 dorsement., THE VOLUNTEERS NEW BOOM. Train Robbers Make A Big
 Haul.
THE VOLUNTEERS NEW BOOM.
CLEVELAND SWALLOWED WHOLE

m1nistratiOn All she Same.
 WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 2O.-The Demo-
 cratic State convention was called to order at
 11:3O to-day in Mechanics Hall by Chair
 man P. A. Collins of the State Central com
 mittee. Mr. Collins was made temporary
 chair and Mr. Alger, secretary of the
 State committee, temporary secretary. The
 committee on permanent organization re- ported as follows: Chairman, Jonas H. French of Gloucester; secretaries, A. B. Alger, P. J. Donovan. Boston, and P. J. Kennedy, Holyoke. Chairman Collins ap- pointed committee to escort Mr. French to 1 the platform. He was received with great applause. Colonel French drew several com parisons between the records of the two l great political parties, claiming that the Democratic party had built up industries l which the Republicans had allo wed to go in- to decay. He declared that the Democratic party would provide legislation by which the tariff could be 50 reduced as to prevent the accumulation of a surplus in the treasury, and that if continued in power it would | build a navy that would reflect honor and credit upon the country. In regard to civil | service reform he expressed the belief that the offices should be filled by friends of the administration instead of the enemies who | were working to prevent it's success, and he believed that while party service should not be regarded as qualification for office, still | it should not mitigate against a worthy ap- plicant. He thought the Democrats of Mas | sachusetts had reason to be sensitive in re- gard to the bestowal of federal offices in this State, but in the main he paid glowing tribute to the honesty, integrity and courage of President Cleveland to whom he pledged the support of the Democracy of the State in all measures for the benefit of the whole people.
 The part of Mir. French's address relating l to national prosperity under Democratic rule was moderately applauded, but the delegates were more pleased with his defense of party | work. and the incentive to young men of honorable competition for official position. ! They first joined their voices in shouts of ap proval after his attack upon "a third party of holders secure in the idea that they | are beyond the reach of political discipline or party restraint" Thomas Jefferson's name was warmly cheered. The demand for re- peal of the war tariff met with little response, and more approval was given to his denunci- ation of tie poll-tax as a suffrage qualifca- tion, and to his assertion that the Democrats must deal with the problem of the surplus revenue. That the Republicans have made civil-service promises to Democrat is ears but have broken them to their hopes did not grieve the convention, but they did approve the declaration that the offices should be in the hands of the ad ministration. | "Hooray," ''hooray," was the cry over the assertion that the Democrats were responsible for the administration, and should by impli- ! cation have the offices. The attack upon Massachusetts Republicans for keeping the offices in the party was keenly relished. President Cleveland's name was cheered to the echo, interrupting the address, but the censure immediately afterwards of Postmas- | ter Corse and Collector Saltonstall was | equally welcome, and Patrick Mcguire led ! the cheering. A rising vote of thanks was | given for the address.
 At the conclusion of MT. French's address 1 Chairman Morse, of the committee on cre- dentials, reported 226 cities and towns repre- sented by 1,755 delegates.
 1 Lowering printed ballots were circulated in l the convention after Colonel French's address | and were labeled administration ticket" | | this convention: Messrs. Love of Webster, l Howe of Enfield and Farnsworth of Milbury. l Senator Roads of Essex, wearing a Lover l ing badge, mounted the platform amid ap-
 plause and in speech of eulogy of MT. | Lowering soldier, mayor and workingman, | nominated him for Governor. Tremendous l applause was given Lovering's name. James H. Mellen, of Worcester, seconded the nomi- nation of Lowering ss the Knights of Labor representative, and 8 one-legged soldier, ! Major Alvord of the Amherst Agri-
 cultural college, then nominated Mayor Rus
 sell, after high eulogy of him Mayor of Cambridge. The name was cheered vigor-
 ously, but with less support then Loverings.
 On motion of Thomas J. Gargan of Boston
 an informal ballot for governor was ordered
 immediately. This was taken by counties,
 the delegates passing over the platform The
 informal ballot resulted in 63S for Lowering I and 363 for Russell. Thomas Gargan moved ! that Lowering be unanimously nominated.
 Mir. Madigan of Lancaster, Russell man,
 seconded the motion, and it was carried
 without one no, amid cheers.
 Recess at 1:40 was taken to 2:15.
 When the convention reassembled Hon.
 Edward Avery read the platform.
 Considerable sport was created by a gen. | tleman shouting while the committee on
 platform was out: ''I would like to ask how far and to what extent the smelling commit l tee reaches" The chairman replied that he
 could not make an explanation, and the
 convention went into mysteries at the manner
 in which this matter was dropped. The
 plank on civil service reform read as follows: It being an unquestioned principle that
 the business of government should be con-
 ducted with the same care and policy as | personal business matters, therefore: We
 believe that no business be
 successfully carried on unless those
 engaged in it's prosecution act in harmony. We believe that no business man would en-
 pI,o was known to be in the interest of rival, who depreciated his business capacity, and
 undermined his credit or disclosed his secrets. , We believe that no administration of the government can be successful unless those 5 who are intrusted with the execution of its important affairs are interested in it's success
 approve of its policy and believe in the prin- F ciples it represents We believe that all the
 important offices in the civil service should
 be filled by competent persons in politica
 syn with odss the aa1 . tative in their character should bt
 filled by persons selected for their fitness
 capacity and integrity; that the dispensing
 of patronage should neither be tax upo1
 the time of our public men, nor the instru
 ment of their ambition. We believe, witf the President, that no officer should be re- n tained in the public service who has show1
 himself an offensive partisan, and we thinl a sense of propriety and duty to the ad n ministration, which they are part require the Federal oficeholders representing tn 6 administration in this State to discharg from the public service any of their subor s dinates against whom charges of offensiv f yartisans6ip can be substantiated.
 d After the reading of the resolutions, Pat
 rick Mcguire in endorsing the resolution
 said that he was heartily glad that the draft is fee holders. "There has been great dea il said of late about. my differences with B. certain federal officer of Boston, bui do nc = consider this place to attend toit. (applause
 To-day Boston is the citadel fthe democra
 cy of New England. We are all subject t
 abuse and all that have done in the intereE
 of the party. This man is not the first or th
 second gentleman that have had politics
 contest with and if he had known anythin
 their fate would suggest what was coming